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Peter Vaughan
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Peter Vaughan - what members say
review by from Aberdeen
The blueprint for British drama. 22 October 2004
review by ValleyJohn from Biggleswade
Death at a Funeral 3 January 2008
Peter Vaughan - filmography
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Mobile
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Neil Fitzmaurice, Jamie Draven, Michael Kitchen
Director: Stuart Orme
Certificate: 
An interconnecting story is told from three different viewpoints concerning a spate of attacks on mobile phone companies and users. The characters are Eddie Doig (Neil Fizmaurice, PHOENIX NIGHTS), a mobile phone engineer who has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, former soldier Maurice ..read more »
 
74%
from 211 members
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Lorna Doone
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Richard Coyle, Amelia Warner, Aidan Gillen
Director: Mike Barker
Certificate: 
In yet another film adaptation of R.D. Blackmore's swashbuckling romance, this excellent and lavish BBC production of 'Lorna Doone' brings the classic tale of revenge and family warfare to life with a sterling cast. Filmed in Wales, the epic family saga begins in 1675, during a turbulent time in ..read more »
58%
from 2,335 members
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Hornblower - Duty
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Anthony Sher
Director: Andrew Grieve
Certificate: 
Hornblower marries Maria, then heads off on a mission to find Bracegirdle, whose ship the Grasshopper has gone missing. Then the rescue of a couple adrift in a dinghy causes more problems for Horatio and his crew.
76%
from 1,864 member
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Hornblower - Loyalty
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Paul McGann
Director: Andrew Grieve
Certificate:
The famed Horatio Hornblower series, which follows a man of humble beginnings who rises to maritime leadership and glory during the 18th century Anglo-French wars, now shows a slice of life during a quiet moment in an onging war with the unpredictable Napoleon. Our man Horatio takes advantage of ..read more »
75%
from 2,116 members
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Hornblower - Series 1 Box Set
(6 discs)
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Robert Lindsay, Anthony Sher
Director: Andrew Grieve
Certificate:
This 6 disc set brings together all the episodes of the first Hornblower series. Against the backdrop of the Napoleonic wars, Hornblower rises from raw recruit to take charge of his own ship and proves his bravery in many battles but will he escape the charges of mutiny that he faces after a battle ..read more »
75%
from 2,954 members
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An Ideal Husband
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Minnie Driver, Rupert Everett, Cate Blanchett
Director: Oliver Parker
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In a moment of youthful indiscretion, Sir Robert Chiltern provided an Austrian baron with secret Foreign Office information. As payment he received the money that became the basis of his fortune and of his splendid, otherwise unimpeachable government career. Years later, he is blackmailed by a ..read more »
62%
from 4,229 members
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Longitude
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Michael Gambon, Jeremy Irons, Ian Hart
Director: Charles Sturridge
Certificate:
In LONGITUDE, an 18th-century clock maker named Jon Harrison (Michael Gambon) begins what is to become a 40-year task to invent a system for determining longitude at sea with a nautical timepiece. Meanwhile, 200 years in the future, naval officer Rupert Gould (Jeremy Irons) discovers Harrison's ..read more »
74%
from 1,575 member
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Face
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Ray Winstone, Steven Waddington
Director: Antonia Bird
Certificate: 
A thirty five year old villain gets set to score... big time. But the three million tally is well down and now the thieves are looking to each other for the shortfall...
63%
from 3,880 members
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Moonstone
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Greg Wise, Keeley Hawes, Terrence Hardiman
Director: Robert Bierman
Certificate: 
Rachel Verinder, a young English woman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday. It is a legacy from her uncle, a corrupt English army officer who served in India. The diamond is of great religious significance as well as being enormously valuable, and three Hindu priests have ..read more »
61%
from 225 members
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Our Friends In The North
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Peter Vaughan, Gina McKee
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This nine-part miniseries follows the lives of four Newcastle friends--Nicky (Christopher Eccleston), Mary (Gina McKee), Geordie (Daniel Craig), and Tosker (Mark Strong)--from 1964 to 1995. The highly acclaimed production also features Malcolm McDowell, David Bradley, and many other familiar faces.
80%
from 3,554 members
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The Choir
(2 discs)
(1995)
Starring: David Warner, Jane Asher, James Fox
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
Certificate:
James Fox, Jane Asher, and David Warner star in this unholy tale adapted by the BBC from Joanna Trollope's best-selling novel. In the sleepy cathedral town of Aldminster, passions are running high. The Dean will stop at nothing to restore his beloved church - even if it means sacrificing the school ..read more »
68%
from 233 members
Not currently released
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The Remains of the Day
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Michael Lonsdale, Tim Pigott-Smith, Lena Headey
Director: James Ivory
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Filmed with the usual meticulous attention to period and detail of films from Ismail Merchant and James Ivory, The Remains of the Day is based on a novel by Kazuo Ishiguro. Anthony Hopkins plays Stevens, the perfect butler to a prosperous British household of the 1930s. He is so unswervingly ..read more »
72%
from 10,899 members
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Codename - Kyril - Complete
(1988)
Starring: Ian Charleson, Joss Ackland, Richard E. Grant
Director: Ian Sharp
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Among an illustrious cast that includes Joss Ackland, Peter Vaughan, Richard E. Grant and Denholm Elliott, Edward Woodward (Callan) stars opposite Ian Charleson (Chariots of Fire) in a taut and skilfully plotted Cold War thriller.
Thought to be one of the last great made-for television spy series, ..read more »
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The Bourne Identity
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Richard Chamberlain, Jaclyn Smith, Anthony Quayle
Director: Roger Young
Certificate:
In this television adaptation of Robert Ludlum's thriller, a man (Richard Chamberlain) found at sea with amnesia does not know whether he's an American spy or a terrorist. Enlisting the help of a beautiful kidnap victim (Jaclyn Smith), he sets out to discover the truth about his identity--and the ..read more »
70%
from 3,585 members
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Brazil - Blu-ray
(1985)
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Director: Terry Gilliam
Certificate:
BRAZIL is Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. The film, cowritten by Gilliam, playwright Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown, is set in a futuristic society laden with red tape and bureaucracy. When a bug (literally) gets in the system, an innocent man is killed, leading mild-mannered Sam Lowry (an ..read more »
82%
from 35 members
Not available for rental
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Brazil
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Robert De Niro, Katherine Helmond
Director: Terry Gilliam
Certificate:
BRAZIL is Terry Gilliam's masterpiece. The film, cowritten by Gilliam, playwright Tom Stoppard, and Charles McKeown, is set in a futuristic society laden with red tape and bureaucracy. When a bug (literally) gets in the system, an innocent man is killed, leading mild-mannered Sam Lowry (an ..read more »
68%
from 19,755 members
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The Razor's Edge
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Bill Murray, James Keach, Peter Vaughan
Director: John Byrum
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Based on William Somerset Maugham's novel, THE RAZOR'S EDGE follows a young man's search for identity. After experiencing WWI, veteran Larry Darrell (Bill Murray) seeks spiritual peace and recovery. After leaving his fiancee (Catherine Hicks), he travels to war-torn Europe and finally to the mystic ..read more »
60%
from 233 members
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Time Bandits - Blu-ray
(1980)
Starring: Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm, Katherine Helmond
Director: Terry Gilliam
Certificate:
Born from the brilliant minds of Monty Python's Terry Gilliam and
Michael Palin, Time Bandits is a British masterstroke in fantasy
adventure. When a young boy's wardrobe shapeshifts into the gateway of
another world, he finds himself embroiled in a series of eccentric
encounters with famous ..read more »
69%
from 770 members
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Time Bandits
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Shelley Duvall, Ian Holm, Katherine Helmond
Director: Terry Gilliam
Certificate:
Plunging headfirst into history, director Terry Gilliam fearlessly brings the logic of children's fairy tales to bear as he navigates through myth and legend in a bizarre, ingenious retelling of THE WIZARD OF OZ. A boy and six good-natured little persons careen through time-twisting interactions ..read more »
69%
from 12,663 members
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Zulu Dawn
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward
Director: Douglas Hickox
Certificate:
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ZULU DAWN depicts the bloody Battle of Isandhlwana, in which 30,000 Zulu warriors wiped out nearly 1,500 British troops stationed in Natal. The film focuses most sharply on the preparations for battle and the political situation in the region at that time. Taking Zulu chief Cetshwayo's defiant ..read more »
64%
from 1,908 member
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Porridge
on DVD
(1979)
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale, Fulton MacKay
Director: Dick Clement
Certificate:
This feature-length version of the Porridge [1979] TV series continues to follow the exploits of prison inmates Norman Stanley Fletcher (Ronnie Barker) and Lennie Godber (Richard Beckinsale). A new officer (Christopher Godwin) makes Mackay (Fulton Mackay) look postively timid and, to make things ..read more »
73%
from 2,462 members
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Citizen Smith - Series 1 And 2
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Robert Lindsay, Mike Grady, Cheryl Hall
Director: Ray Butt
Certificate:
Wolfie Smith likes to think of himself as an 'Urban Guerilla', he is the leader of the Tooting Popular Front and is waiting for the 'revolution'. Episode titles: Crocodile Tears, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Abide with Me, The Weekend, The Hostage, The Path of True Love, But Is It Art?, A ..read more »
63%
from 1,015 member
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Massacre in Rome
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Richard Burton, Leo McKern, Peter Vaughan
Director: George Pan Cosmatos
Certificate:
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Adapted from Robert Katz's book DEATH IN ROME, this chilling tale is based on a true story of the Ardentine Massacre that took place in Italy during the German occupation of World War II. It occurred when the Italian Resistance attacked a squad of German storm troopers and killed 33 of them, ..read more »
58%
from 212 members
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A Warning To The Curious
(1972)
Starring: Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift
Director: Lawrence Gordon Clark
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Based on a story by M R James this tells of three crowns buried on the Norfolk coast and how an amateur archaeologist invokes the avenging shade of the guardian of the crowns when he goes on a treasure hunt...
67%
from 978 members
Not currently released
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The Pied Piper
(1972)
Starring: Donovan, Donald Pleasence, Jack Wild
Director: Jacques Demy
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THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG director Jacques Demy tackles the dark fairy tale with this star-filled film. Folk rocker Donovan plays the title character who agrees to help the town of Hamelin with its rat infestation, while Donald Pleasence (HALLOWEEN) is a town leader who wants more than just a ..read more »
67%
from 4 members
Currently unavailable
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Straw Dogs - Blu-ray
(1971)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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In Sam Peckinpah's brutal thriller, a quiet, peace-loving American (Dustin Hoffman) moves with his British-born wife (Susan George) to an isolated English village where he is constantly harassed by the locals. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and his wife.
65%
from 429 members
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Straw Dogs
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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A quiet, peace-loving American moves with his English wife to an isolated village where he is harrassed by town bullies. He is finally pushed into a violent confrontation in order to protect himself and his wife.
63%
from 6,291 members
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A Taste Of Excitement
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Eva Renzi, David Buck, Peter Vaughan
Director: Don Sharp
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In this crime drama, a painter finds himself entangled in a murder plot when he gets involved with a pretty girl. Written and directed by Don Sharp (PSYCHOMANIA), A TASTE OF EXCITEMENT stars Eva Renzi (THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE), Peter Bowles (TV's RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY) and Peter Vaughan (..read more »
59%
from 23 members
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Die Die Darling
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Tullulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers, Peter Vaughan
Director: Silvio Narizzano
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In her last film, Tallulah Bankhead portrays fanatically religious Mrs. Trefoile, a psychotic woman who, with the help of her gardener (Donald Sutherland), imprisons her dead son's fiancee (Stephanie Powers) in a tiny room in her home so that the girl's soul will be properly cleansed in order to be ..read more »
57%
from 129 members
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Beauty
on DVD
Starring: Martin Clunes, Sienna Guillory, Peter Vaughan
Director: Ben Bolt
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A modern reworking of the classic 'Beauty and the Beast' tale. Tom Fitzhenry is an aristocratic recluse, who leaves the confines of his home only to tend to his garden. When Cathy visits his retreat to do some plumbing work, however, she forces him to reconsider his life...
60%
from 192 members
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Hi-Jackers / Smokescreen
on DVD
Starring: Gerald Flood, Peter Vaughan, Deryck Guyler
Director: James O Connolly
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Peter Vaughan, Deryck Guyler and Gerald Flood star in this tantalising double bill of crime thrillers. In TEH HI-JACKERS Runaway wife Ellis hitches a ride with trucker Booth until the truck is hijacked and Ellis works to catch the thieves. In SMOKESCREEN an insurance detective looks into a car ..read more »
71%
from 37 members
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...Alun Armstrong is fantastic as the amiable but corrupted Austen Donoghue MP and Peter Vaughan is simply heroic in his performance as Nicky Hutchinson's (Christopher Ecclesto...
